Who do I see?

I welcome people of all bodies, sex, sexuality and genders, and abilities and disabilities. I have a special affinity for queer, genderqueer, intersex, transgender, bisexual, lesbian, gay people and communities, and people exploring new ways of expressing and relating. I enjoy connecting with people…

• beyond binaries (beyond the idea that there are only male/female, gay/straight)
• beyond hetero-normativity (beyond the notion that heterosexuality is the ‘norm’, the ‘correct way’)
• beyond assumed monogamy (beyond the belief that being in a monogamous couple relationship is the ‘ideal’ way, rather than one way of many).

My approach welcomes, celebrates and honours all kinds of bodies, relationships and expressions of self. I want my work to contribute to our communities; for us to be conscious, curious, free, ethical, loving, playful and kind, in our expressions of ourselves, and with each other, as sexual and social beings.  

Read more about my professional code of conduct and ethics here.

NURSING / HEALTH QUALIFICATIONS

 

2015 – Reproductive & Sexual Health – Clinical Accreditation Program

Family Planning New South Wales, Eora Country, NSW, Australia

 

2014 – Masters in Health Policy

Faculty of Medicine, Sydney University, Eora Country, NSW, Australia

 

1987 – Graduate Diploma in Health Counselling

South Australian Institute of Technology, Kaurna Country, SA, Australia

 

1984 – General Nursing Certificate (Registered Nurse)

Royal Canberra and Woden Valley Hospitals, Ngunawal Country, ACT, Australia

 

CERTIFICATION RELATED TO SEXOLOGICAL BODYWORK PRACTICE

 

2020 – Certificate in Working with Vaginismus

12-week online course with written and practical assessment

Led by Dr Martha Tara Lee – Eros Coaching – Relationship Counsellor and Clinical Sexologist

 

2019 – Certified Facilitator of Wheel of Consent

5-month online course with practical assessments

Led by Betty Martin and the School of Consent

 

2018 – Certified STREAM Practitioner – working with Pelvic Pain

(Scar Tissue Remediation, Education and Management)

8-month online and in-person intensive

Led by Ellen Heed and Kimberly Johnson (Los Angeles)

 

2018 – Graduate of Like a Pro

5-day in-person training for practitioners in the ‘Wheel of Consent’, (Eora Country, Sydney)

Led by Betty Martin (Seattle, Washington)

 

2017  – Certificate in Sexological Bodywork

6-months training, online and in-person, with supervised practice

Institute of Somatic Sexology Australia / New Zealand

Led by Deej Juventin and Uma Ayelet Furman

 

2014 – Graduate of Urban Tantra Professional Training Program

6-days intensive in-person workshop (Eora Country, Sydney)

Led by Barbara Carrellas (NYC)

 

PRESENTING AND ASSISTING, AND RELEVANT EVENTS ATTENDED

 

2021: Presenting at: Burn Out and Justice Doing: for health & community workers and others doing care

Facilitating the open and closing activities for this two hour online event

Everybody Massage and Dan Mei Kaplan (Eora Country, Sydney, Australia)

 

2021: Presenting at: Generation Women

Generation Women, online storytelling event, wrote and read a story on the topic of Wisdom

 

2021: Assisting in: Online Training Courses for Wheel of Consent

Including Like a Pro Foundations, Working with Individuals, Working with Groups

The School of Consent, international particIpants

 

2020: Assisting in: Like a Pro x 2 in Australia, in-person training for practitioners

5-day in-person workshops on the ‘Wheel of Consent’ in Perth, Wajuk Country, Australia (Feb) and Melbourne, Woiworung Country, Australia (March)

Led by Betty Martin (Seattle, Washington)

 

2019: Facilitated and Organised: Introduction to the Wheel of Consent workshops

3 separate half-day in-person workshop events, Katoomba, Newtown and Bondi Junction

 

2019: Presenting at: Generation Women

Generation Women, wrote and read a story as part of this regular in-person storytelling event, (Eora Country, Sydney)

 

2019 – Assisting in: Urban Tantra Professional Training Program

6-days, intensive in-person workshop (Woiworung Country, Melbourne)

Led by Barbara Carrellas (NYC)

 

2019 – Assisting in: Urban Tantra Experience

2.5-days in-person experiential workshop, (Woiworung Country, Melbourne)

Led by Barbara Carrellas (NYC)

 

2018 – Presenting at: FEAST – Festival of Embodiment And Sexual Transformation

2.5-days in-person workshop program event, (Eora Country, Sydney)

Ran x 2 workshops for all bodies ‘Vulvarama Wonderland’ and attended the full workshop program

 

2017- Assisting in: Urban Tantra Professional Training Program

6-days, intensive in-person workshop, (Eora Country, Sydney)

Led by Barbara Carrellas (NYC)

 

2016 and 2015 – Attendee at: Festival of Really Good Sex

2.5-days, in-person event, (Eora Country, Sydney)

 

2014 – Attendee at: Radical Ecstasy

2.5-days intensive in-person workshop, (Woiworung Country, Melbourne)

Dossie Easton (California)

 

WORKPLACE HISTORY

 

Illawarra Women’s Health Centre, Warilla, Dharawal Country, NSW – Registered Nurse

The Albion Centre, HIV and Sexual Health, Darlinghurst, Eora Country, NSW – Sexual Health Nurse

CheckOUT Clinic (Acon and Family Planning NSW) – Registered Nurse 

National LGBTI Health Alliance, Newtown, Eora Country, NSW- National QLife Project Manager

RPA Sexual Health, Sydney Local Health District, Camperdown, Eora Country, NSW – Sexual Health Nurse

NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association, Waterloo, Eora Country, NSW – Professional Officer

Holdsworth House Medical Practice, Darlinghurst, Eora Country, NSW – Nursing Unit Manager

The Bridge HIV care, Sydney Local Health District, Glebe, Eora Country, NSW – Nursing Unit Manager

Twenty10, Glebe, Eora Country, NSW – Youth Advocate

Port Youth Accommodation Program, Port Adelaide, Kaurna Country, South Australia – Program Manager

ShineSA (sexual & reproductive health services), Adelaide, Kaurna Country, South Australia – Team Leader

Women’s Feminist Community Health Centres, in four locations, Kaurna Country, South Australia – Women’s Health Nurse

Pregnancy Advisory Centre, Woodville, Kaurna Country, South Australia – Registered Nurse